Origins Forsaken by Most Financial Terms
AP analyst notes that many financial terms have lost clear origins. Examples include tax from Latin touch and dollar from Joachimstal. The piece traces words like salary from salarium and bank from banque to show how language shadows finance.
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H. Bosley Woolf
Merriam-Webster Dictionaries
Woolf
Juno
Moneta
Juno Moneta
Valley
Dale
Boehmia
Czechoslovakia
Joachimstal
Joachim’s Dale
Joachimthaler
Taler
Banque
Banca
Florence
Dear Abby Advice Columns on Marriage and Infidelity
The column pairs multiple reader questions with Abby’s guidance. Topics include a wife fearing her husband’s fetish and possible danger, compulsive adultery seeking help, a piano student’s inappropriate teacher, and a custody-informed note on child support waivers in remarriage situations. Abby urges psychiatric help, caution, and clear boundaries.
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Abby
Gamblers Anonymous
Order of
Alcoholics Anonymous
Nurses Use Baby Cuddle Method At UC Medical Center
In San Diego California nurses will rock and cuddle newborns outside incubators to reduce social retardation. Dr Louis Gluck of the University of California School of Medicine advocates this infant care innovation and plans training with eight hospitals. He cites a high newborn mortality rate and brain damage from poor early care.
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Louis Gluck
Gluck
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
University Hospital
United States
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Nogales
GAC Properties Inc of
GAC
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University of California School of Medicine
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